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Orthopaedic Treatment Plans
After a comprehensive evaluation of your disorder, the orthopaedist will make recommendations for a treatment plan, based on the following criteria:
- Your age, overall health, and medical history
- Extent of the disease, injury, or condition
- Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
- Expectations for the course of the disease, injury, or condition
- Your opinion or preference
For most orthopaedic disorders and injuries, there is more than one form of treatment that may be appropriate. Thus, many treatment plans involve a combination or progression of the following:
- Rest
- Medical counseling
- Medication
- Immobilization
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Rehabilitative therapy
- Exercise
- Activity modifications
- Casts
- Splints
- Braces
- Procedures, such as arthroscopy
- Surgery, such as joint replacement
